Arnett is a theoretical astrophysicist who first demonstrated how explosive nucleosynthesis in supernova produces the elements from carbon through iron and nickel. He constructed quantitative theoretical models of evolving massive stars and showed that the ejecta produce a good fit to the abundance of heavy elements in the galaxy.

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